Projecting apparatus for moving-picture machines.



G. E. RIPLEY, W, N. GLADSON L RVI E. THOMPSDN. `PRQJECTING APPARATUS FOR MOVING MGTURE MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED 00T, 14E, 1910,

1,025,074. Patented Apr.3o,1912,

ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT @Innen GILLES E. RIPLEY ANI) WILLIM Nr GLADSON, OF FA'ETTEVILLE, AND .ROSS

.THOMPSON, CIF HEBER, ARKANSAS.

PROJECTING APPARATUS FOR MOVING-PICTRE MACHINES.

Specieat'on of Letters Patent.

Application filed Oetober 14,

Patented Apr. 3G, 1912. 1910. smal No. 557,022.

To all? when?, t may conce/rn Be iine'nfn that we, GrLns E. Rif-LEY and 'lli'z'mlmii N. GLAnsON, residents et Fayette ville, in the enmity of lVnshington und State 5 ef Arkansas, and Ress THOMPSON, n reisident ef Heher7 in the county of Cleybnrn :incl Stute el .flrkiinsas, all citizens of the lflni erft States, have invented a ne f' and I1n p1 veel 'Projecting Apparatus' for Movinglvietmj-e lll'eel'iines, of which the following is n fell, elem; unil rnvaiet rleseriptimn The inv l is un in'ipreveineni in prejee'zing' :apparatus for moving picture ninehines, :incl hue in view :i reflecting n'ieehenien] te venne ihe image of ene picture 'te fade inte next 'Without employing n tinted er softening light,j 'r otherwise lessenlng the hrilliziney 'i the screen dering the picture eliffn'igge. To aeeoinplish this we pre vide n number ef reflecting menihere vtliieh nre causen lo successively pass. inte :in :ieiive ne ien le ruf-,fs from the p iejeeting lenses of "chi meinte machine, und project eznfl ril/ys Euch Teile ting nieinliei as it the active portion of its path the reflected. rays te i'irnvel iwrese me se een in, tane Same time that e. pieignre en the lilni is ninving tlrnngjl'i the eene ef light frein the eeiitlenfii.- r leniiee, thereby hnlding lin; field en tl tinnery inizi faire ene picture te 'tuile inte tile neft. 1li the iineeeieive p: lures nl? the il" wing .lilni :Sie ifflentienl the if teil pietwb t' on th` will lie Sintimmry.y but if Atures en ille ihn shew e @hnge el; pnrii'tion of the i` ieetz photon ne heel the relleeteil 'ai iiclnress will ellen' hnge.. Each rel eeting; ineniher mi vte in ve pesitien le itz` pmt 13; the seraeen :it the peint ure nl the ndvnnceil nelive Q fading mviiy. s ,Le he had te tl gs leuning n nenni nun y f i il this 5pm if in which similar clnirn/:tere el' i' @reneL indicate corresponding parte in beth views,

Figure l vie-weil' the mine.

Fmi the pnrpese nl. illneitinting lie Y :incl applientinn eur inipieveinent lui-vn infinniitieelly the feznznree ef anim/ing picture machine, in

which 5 is a source of light, the condensing lenssen, 7 the projecting;r lenses :1nd 8 the tilin passing between the two sets of lenses over 'the guide rollers l). Tn cause one picture to fal'le into the next un the screen Witheut softening- 01 lintinpj the light` or otherwise lessening the hrilliziney of the light on the screen, we provide a releeting mechanism (':eniprising :i series et mirrors m' ether reflecting members 10, which zii-e :ii-ranged relatively te the machine te successively pass into an active position with respeet te the rave from the lenses 7, the mirrei's hein?,` gniileil in n einveil paillrin passing through the fictive sphere et their travel, the melius ef which Curve depends en the position oit the mirrors in the path `of light und the fowl length el? the lenses. To curry out thin4 meile of nperntini;v the rellevting meinhere er mirrors we prefernhly apply thein Le sin endless Currier ll, which carrier, ns shown. in the nature (if two chains ai ranged eide hy eide, with the mirrors eX- leniling; between the Chains and the chains passing over twv ,fiets el sprocket wheels l2. By ineens et two aree 13, placed :1t the outer silee nf the two sets of sprocket wheels, with their enter concave edges adjacent to lie fictive portion et the pnih Uf tinvel et' the endlose euri-ier, the reflecting members to im ine the desired ientrzuil ingle relatively le each ether in the prnl'ieetion of the picture. To keep thin portion et the Currier against; the fires 13, ive have Shown t'we Springs 14 zii'rnnged'nl, opposite sides et nml pieSsing' the Carrier inwardly. The reflecting n'ieinhers or mirrors l() :ire shown tu he plane :intl plfleiwl relatively eine@ tngelhei. f

The rnriieimie (liiven in :i` cliieetion 0pposite le the direction m movement of the film, :ind in Suf-,h seqiienee theretm that als the center el? euch picture Teaches en axial punition between the lenses, the axial my of the lutter will Strike the Center of the activelyilispesed mirror. The mirrors by moving en the are of u Circle with their centers tangent te 'the rnclii of the circle and their planes normal to them when of the proper width and preperly plane-,d in "che ligli, Ywill ineke auch nn angle with one anethei: es will canse the image et ene pieture te infile into the next7 the lin moving eeiitinnnuslv and at suoli a, rute that as a a tl v alilte` one .vill pass into the other so that the evi is not able to noti` the elmnle. `l`he mirrors. ot' eourse. must rome into play vvith a eertaiu angle to eaeu other. as above v driven 1n a direction to cause the said memset out'. and hold thisl angl i as long as they ret'eive the light. .\tter they ease being aetive. then thisI angle maj.' vary.

llavin;Y thus deseribed our invention, we elaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent :l

l. ln a projet-ting,r apparatus for moving pieture merhanisms. a series of reflecting members sueressivelj.' movable into a position to rereive and reflert the pirture rays, the :uljaeent members forming Q. reiintrant angle with earh other during' their retleeting period to cause the image ot' one picture to farle into the neit. A

2. ln a projeetiug apparatus for moving pirure mechanisms, a .series ol retleeting members sueeessively movable in a path roneave toward the lilm and into a position to reeeive and releet the pieture, rays. the eurvature of the said path musing adjacent men'ihers to assume lsueh an angle to each 'other duringy their retleeting period as t0 malte the image of one pieture fade into the next..

Il. ln a projeeting apl'iaratus for moving,l pieture nieehauisms. :In endlessl Carrier, an are :uljaeeutto said earrier eoncave toward the iilm, a series oi reflectinfr members earrietl b v the earl-ier adapted to be successiveljv brought into an active position on said artl to reeeive and refleet the rays passing trom the pit-ture. and means keeping,r said retlerun's in engagement vvith said are.

. rIhe combination of a moving pieture l machine having a picture film moving in one i i l y direetion. and an endless carrier having e. series of reflecting members arranged t0 sueeessively pass 1n the lighted field of the to lade into the next when the Carrier is hers in crossing said field to travel oppositelyY to the piet"*^. film.

` maehine on a curved are to Cause one picture 5. ln au exhibit apparatus for moving pieture mechanisms, an endless carrier, a series of reflecting members carried by the carrier and arranged to sueeessively move into a position to receive and reflect the picture rays. and guiding arcs to cause adjacent members to assume an angle to each other during their reflecting period.

t'. ln an exhibit apparatus for moving picture maehines, an endless Chain Carrier having a series of iff-fleeting members arranged to sueeessively pass into and ont of an active position. a guide having a guiding i'aee eoneavetoward the film for the carrier, arranged at. the said active position, and

means vieldingly pressing the carrier to the .said guide. l

ln testimony whereof ive have signed our names to this specification in the preseiieuo two subserihing witnesses.

GTIES E. RIPLEY. WlL'LlM N. GLADSN. ROSS E. THOMPSON. Witnesses to the signatures of Giles F. 'Ripley and William N. Gladson:

E. L.-Nnm.nsmr, GUY PHILLIPS. lVitnesses to the signature of Ross y Thompson:

ALF H. QCHOYEN,

A. W. Gizmo. 

